ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

BY:
Ruchi Agrawal
Overview
Basic Facts
 A multilateral development bank,founded in 1966
The bank admits the members of the UN Economic
Commission for Asia and the Far East and non-
regional developed nations. From 31 members at its
establishment, ADB now has 67 members
ADB was modeled closely on the World Bank, and has
a similar weighted voting system where votes are
distributed in proportion with member's capital
subscriptions.
At present, both USA and Japan hold 552,210 shares
Body
The highest policy-making body of the bank is the Board
of Governors composed of one representative from each
member state.
The Board of Governors, in turn, elect among themselves
the 12 members of theBoard of Directors and their deputy.
The current President is Haruhiko Kuroda, who
succeeded Tadao Chino in 2005.
The headquarters of the bank is at 6 ADB
Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines,
and it has representative offices around the world.
PARTNERS
Governments
Other international Organizations
Civil society including
Nongovernment Organizations
Private sector
Activities of ADB
Makes loans
Provides technical assistance
Offers advice
Provides information
ADB Lending
The ADB offers "hard" loans from ordinary capital
resources (OCR) on commercial terms, and the Asian
Development Fund (ADF) affiliated with the ADB
extends "soft" loans from special fund resources.
The ADB borrows from international capital markets
with its capital as guarantee
Special Funds

Asian Development Fund

Technical Assistance Special Fund
Japan Special Fund
ADB Institute Special Fund
Effectiveness
All projects funded by ADB are evaluated to find out
what results are being achieved, what improvements
should be considered, and what is being learned.
There are two types of evaluation: independent and
self-evaluation.
ADB and INDIA
India is the third largest shareholder among regional
members and the fourth largest overall.
Ashok K. Lahiri is the Executive Director and
 Md. Aminul Islam Bhuiyan is the Alternate
Executive Director representing India on the ADB
Board of Directors.
Hun Kim is the ADB Country Director for India.
The India Resident Mission (INRM) was opened in
1992 and provides the primary operational link
between ADB and the government, private-sector, and
civil-society stakeholders in its activities.
Philippines Country Office

ADB-HQ, 1st Floor East Zone

Vision: A region free of poverty

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